PAPERS DUE WEDNESDAY JUNE 20TH 10-12PM

PAPERS DUE WEDNESDAY JUNE 20TH 
10-12PM 
IN MY OFFICE 1137
 IN THE RED AREA.

Paper Issues

Introduction…NO QUOTES
The introduction should start with a general discussion of your subject and lead to a very specific statement of your main point, or thesis. Include title and author of primary texts. The thesis should tell in one (or at most two) sentence(s), what your overall point or argument is, and briefly, what your main body paragraphs will be about

Conclusion…NO QUOTES
Your conclusion begins with a restatement of your main point; but be sure to paraphrase, not just repeat your thesis sentence. Tie your main points together about the issues and primary texts you wrote about in your paper.

ANSWER THE ESSAY QUESTION!

You need to include in text quotations and citations from whatever primary texts you are discussing and TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES!

Make a connection between the outside source you are using and your thesis and primary text.

Do not retell the story! Analyze and explain your thesis (which is your main point).

ONLY USE RELEIABLE OUTSIDE SOURCES! Do not copy and paste or simply change a few words around from an unreliable source. If it was easy for you to find information to copy and paste from the internet, it’s just as easy for me to find it.

Make sure you get the character’s names right, as well as the author. It comes off as sloppy if you mix up characters or what author wrote what.

Read over your work. Have someone else read over your work. If I wrote on your paper to get help from The Learning Center, do it! Take your paper with you and they can help you out.

“Short Stories” (Quotation Marks)

Novels, Plays and Films (Italics)
How to cite web article on Works Cited:
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Title of webpage. Date it was written. Web.

         Today’s date.

Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make
      Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.

More Info on A Raisin in the Sun

Background Info on the play:

http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/article/lorraine-hansberrys-a-raisin-in-the-sun

https://theundefeated.com/features/new-documentary-lorraine-hansberry-of-a-raisin-in-the-sun-one-tough-minded-woman/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1959/05/09/playwright

https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/lorraine-hansberry-review-superb-portrait-of-important-playwright-activist-1.16239285

Hansberry on Writing the Play:

https://nj.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/hans17-ela-writing/lorraine-hansberry-a-raisin-in-the-sun-hansberrys-writing-process/#.WoGoha6nG70

Quoting a Play

Click on this link and scroll all the way to the bottom to see how to quote dialogue in a play:

http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/writingcenter/upload/MLA%20In%20Text%20Citation%20of%20Poetry%20and%20Drama.pdf

Early on in the play “A Raisin in the Sun,” Walter explodes when Ruth refuses to

listen to his ideas:

RUTH. Eat your eggs, Walter.

WALTER. (Slams the table and jumps up) --DAMN MY EGGS--DAMN ALL THE

EGGS THAT EVER WAS!

RUTH. Then go to work.

WALTER. (Looking up at her) See--I’m trying to talk to you ‘bout

myself--(Shaking his head with the repetition)--and all you can say is

eat them eggs and go to work. (34) 

A Raisin in the Sun

Link to "Harlem" poem:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46548/harlem

Below are links that would function as strong outside sources:

http://www.umich.edu/~eng217/student_projects/araisininthesun/historicalcontext.html

http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/literary-criticism/36902365/somewhat-like-war-aesthetics-segregation-black-liberation-and-raisin-sunhttp://lifeofannekathrin.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/race-in-a-raisin-in-the-sun.pdf

http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=45950

http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=62331

You can look through these links to see if any may be useful for your paper:

https://www.google.com/#q=a+raisin+in+the+sun+scholarly+articles

this link will explain how to quote and cite a play in your paper:
http://libguides.pstcc.edu/content.php?pid=24540&sid=1751573

American Dream:

https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/raisin-sun-quest-american-dream

https://www.huntingtontheatre.org/articles/A-Raisin-in-the-Sun/A-Dream-Realized-Hansberrys-iA-Raisin-In-The-Suni/

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dealbook/2014/12/10/many-feel-the-american-dream-is-out-of-reach-poll-shows/?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=aut&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=0&referrer


Women in the play:

http://www.academypublication.com/issues/past/tpls/vol01/10/04.pdf

http://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159&context=undergrad_rev

Some Important Quotes from the play:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/blog/eight-haunting-quotes-raisin-sun/

ESSAY #1--DUE WED MAY30TH

3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN
USE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS WELL.
USE THE EXAMPLE PAPER HANDOUT FOR MLA GUIDELINES!!

Refer to the class blog for outside source info: ENG215Summer2018.blogspot.com
Pick ONE of the essay topics below for your paper.

1. Illusion vs. reality is something that comes up in a lot of literature. We saw some in The Great Gatsby. Pick one aspect of a character’s life, whether it be from the past or the present, and explain how he/she uses illusions to distort their reality. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

2. Pick up to three of the many symbols from the novel and describe what it is important. What does this symbol mean in to this particular text? Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

3. How does Gatsby represent the American dream? What does the novel have to say about the condition of the American dream in the 1920s? In what ways do the themes of dreams, wealth, and time relate to each other in the novel’s exploration of the idea of America?

4. Is Nick a reliable narrator? We do not have much choice but to believe what he says throughout the novel so decide if he is and prove your point. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.

5. Compare and contrast Gatsby and Tom OR compare Gatsby to Charlie from “Babylon Revisited.” How are they alike? How are they different? Given the extremely negative light in which Tom is portrayed throughout the novel, why might Daisy choose to remain with him instead of leaving him for Gatsby?

Your introduction should include:
Title and authors of primary (stories we have read in class) texts
Your thesis (Which depends on the question you write about from above)
Never end a paragraph with a quote.
Cite outside sources within in your text; if it appears on your works cited page it has to be used in the paper (direct quotes or paraphrasing).
Always keep in mind: is this quote proving and supporting my thesis? If not, do not use it!
WITHOUT A WORKS CITED PAGE OR OUTSIDE SOURCES THE PAPER WILL FAIL

More on The Great Gatsby

This links provide many articles and resources for The Great Gatsby:

http://reading.cornell.edu/reading_project_06/gatsby/great_gatsby_resources.htm

http://www.fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org/resources/critical-materials.html

Some more helpful links: 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/10/great-gatsby-fitzgerald-jay-mcinerney

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/achenblog/wp/2015/03/20/why-the-great-gatsby-is-the-great-american-novel/?utm_term=.d4153c7d759f

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-prj-great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald-hl-mencken-20141010-story.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karielle-stephanie-gam/the-great-gatsby-analysis_b_3430967.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/04/to-early-reviewers-the-great-gatsby-was-not-so-great/390252/